Tyson Foerster signed a two-year, $7.5 million contract with the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday. It has an average annual value of $3.75 million.
The 23-year-old forward had NHL career highs in goals (25), assists (18) and points (43) in 81 games for the Philadelphia Flyers this season.
He was in the final season of a three-year, entry-level contract he signed with the Flyers on Oct. 14, 2020, and could have become a restricted free agent on July 1.
Selected in the first round (No. 23) of the 2020 NHL Draft, Foerster has 83 points (48 goals, 35 assists) in 166 regular-season games for the Flyers.
“Tyson is going to get his big contract eventually,” general manager Daniel Briere said. “I think for us, it extends it. We see him as a big part of our future. We're excited that he's re-signed. I don't expect him to go anywhere.
“The season that he had last year, he's taken a big step forward. It's really exciting. It's another first-round pick that our guys saw something in him way back when. We were patient with him. Our development people did a good job, and you got to give him a lot of credit. He put in the time, he put in the work. It's really exciting to see a homegrown Flyer go that way, seeing now that he's showing that he's a high-end player.”
Philadelphia was 33-39-10 this season, finishing 15 points behind the Montreal Canadiens for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth straight season, matching the longest streak in franchise history (1990-94).
Rick Tocchet was hired as coach on May 14 to replace John Tortorella, who was fired March 27. Brad Shaw served as interim coach for the final nine games of the season.
NHL.com deputy managing editor Adam Kimelman contributed to this report
